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Anonymous asked, “I’ve never lost my period. Weight restored I am naturally thin, but even at a BMI of 15 or so I always got my period (although it wasn’t always regularly). This makes me feel like I’m not actually sick because I hear about everyone losing their period.”

eatruncats replied: “To the anon who asked about losing periods: For all the times she worries about not being sick enough because she never lost her period, there are people who lost their periods at BMIs of 18, 19, and 20 who worry about not being sick enough because they never got to a BMI of 15. If you have an eating disorder, you are “sick enough.” Period.“

As it stands now, amenorrhea–or the loss of three consecutive menstrual cycles–is a diagnostic criterion for anorexia nervosa. Individuals who have not lost their periods are diagnosed with eating disorder … Continue reading →

Definitioner

published by the American Psychiatric Association, offers a common language and standard criteria for the classification of mental disorders (11)

DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)

published by the American Psychiatric Association, offers a common language and standard criteria for the classification of mental disorders (11)

DSM-5 (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)

published by the American Psychiatric Association, offers a common language and standard criteria for the classification of mental disorders (11)

trait (traits)

characteristic behaviors and feelings that are consistent and long lasting (5)

hormones

chemicals that are produced in glands and released into the bloodstream, involved in regulating body growth, mood, and sexual characteristics (4, 5)

hormone (hormones)

chemicals that are produced in glands and released into the bloodstream, involved in regulating body growth, mood, and sexual characteristics (4, 5)

estrogen

a female sex hormone, produced by the ovaries, that is responsible for the release of eggs from the ovaries as well as for the development and maintenance of female reproductive structures and secondary sex characteristics (4)

cognitive (cognition)

processes of knowing, including attending, remembering, and reasoning; also the content of the processes, such as concepts and memories (4)

control group

a group of subjects which does not receive the experimental treatment but in all other respects is treated in the same way as the experimental group (8)

self-reported (self-report data)

information that people being surveyed give about themselves (5)

statistically significant

a result that is unlikely to have happened by chance; the usual threshold for this judgement is when there is <5% chance that the result occurred by chance; statistical tests produce a p-value used to assess this (2)

significantly different (statistically significant)

a result that is unlikely to have happened by chance; the usual threshold for this judgement is when there is <5% chance that the result occurred by chance; statistical tests produce a p-value used to assess this (2)

significant differences (statistically significant)

a result that is unlikely to have happened by chance; the usual threshold for this judgement is when there is <5% chance that the result occurred by chance; statistical tests produce a p-value used to assess this (2)

comorbid (co-morbidity)

the presence of one or more diseases or conditions other than those of primary interest (2)

comorbidity (co-morbidity)

the presence of one or more diseases or conditions other than those of primary interest (2)